MatrixRIB 04.501.004Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 3 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10887587016986), received between Jul 19, 2022 and Dec 19, 2023 — classified as 2 injuries, 1 malfunction.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Device-Device Incompatibility” (1 report).

Reports come from manufacturers, hospitals and patients and are not verified by the FDA. A report does not prove the device caused the event, and counts can't be used to compare devices or estimate failure rates. What reports can and can't tell you · How this data works · Data updated Oct 16, 2026.

Most reported problems

Recent adverse event reports

The 3 most recent of 3 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• InjuryDec 19, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(3) 2023, THE PLATES IN QUESTION WERE REMOVED FROM A PATIENT IN WHICH THE FRACTURES WERE COMPLETELY HEALED. THE PLATES WERE ORIGINALLY IMPLANTED APPROXIMATELY 15 YEARS AGO. THE PLATES AND SCREWS WERE NOT BROKEN, THE PATIENT WANTED THE IMPLANTS REMOVED BECAUSE THEY FELT LIKE THEY COULDN¿T TAKE DEEP BREATHS. THE REMOVAL PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY WITH NO ADVERSE PATIENT IMPACT. NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE. THIS REPORT IS FOR A TI MATRIXRIB PRE-CONTOURED PL 16 HOLES FOR RIGHT RIBS 4 & 5. THIS IS REPORT 2 OF 7 FOR (B)(4).

  Patient problems: Dyspnea

  MAUDE report 18356726 ↗
• InjuryFeb 7, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2023, A RIB PLATE WAS EXPLANTED. THE PLATES WERE AROUND THE PATIENT, AND WERE INFECTED SO THEY HAD TO GET REMOVED. PLATES WERE ORIGINALLY IMPLANTED ON (B)(6) 2022. NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE. THIS REPORT IS FOR A TI MATRIXRIB PRE-CONTOURED PL 16 HOLES FOR RIGHT RIBS 4 & 5. THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 6 FOR (B)(4).

  Patient problems: Unspecified Infection

  MAUDE report 16311604 ↗
• MalfunctionJul 19, 2022Device-Device Incompatibility; Device-Device Incompatibility

  DEVICE REPORT FROM AUSTRALIA REPORTS AN EVENT AS FOLLOWS: IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON AN UNKNOWN DATE IN 2022, THE SURGEON WAS USING THE MATRIXRIB SYSTEM WITH THE MATRIX PRODRIVEII TO IMPLANT A PLATE AND SCREWS ON A FRACTURED RIB. THE PLATE SLIPPED OFF THE RIB SLIGHTLY AFTER HE INSERTED THE FIRST SCREW. HE COULD NOT REMOVE THE SCREW AS IT WAS LODGED IN THE PLATE. WHEN HE WENT TO INSERT THE SECOND SCREW TO SEE IF HE COULD REPOSITION THE PLATE, IT CAUSED A SPLINTERING OF THE RIB AND WAS STILL OFF POSITION. HE SAID THE BONE WAS OSTEOPOROTIC. HE TRIED TO REMOVE THE SECOND SCREW AND IT TOO WAS STUCK IN THE PLATE. HE WAS ABLE TO DISENGAGE THE PLATE AND SCREWS FROM THE BONE WITH THE SCREWS INTACT IN THE PLATE AND UNABLE TO BE REMOVED. HE ENDED UP USING A COMPETITIVE SYSTEM THAT HE WAS MORE FAMILIAR WITH. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT HE HAS TRIED TO REMOVE THE SCREW ONCE INSERTED AND WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THIS REPORT IS FOR A TI MATRIXRIB PRE-CONTOURED PL 16 HOLES FOR RIGHT RIBS 4 & 5. THIS IS REPORT 2 OF 3 FOR (B)(4).

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 15052945 ↗